For a man accused of having a yen for populism, Union telecommunications minister Ram Vilas Paswan has been remarkably market-friendly. In an interview to Outlook, he reiterates his commitment to fulfilling the ministry's social service obligations.

A speculation had been rife that the BJP and the JD(U) could field candidates on 34 out of the total 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, leaving the rest to Lok Janshakti Party and the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party.

More than 30,000 homebuyers of as many as 27 Jaypee projects in Noida and Greater Noida who are left in lurch after the NCLT admitted a plea of the IDBI for initiating insolvency proceedings against the company.